Travel
The 10-Year-Old Trip
Several years ago, we were inspired to take our children on a 10-year-old trip. Two families, from completely different paths of life, do something similar. They are families we greatly admire – they are Catholic, they are faithful and they are focused on raising children with integrity. To the Aitchison and Thoman families, thank you…
Read MoreTexas our Texas, all hail the mighty state!
Yessiree, Bob. Today is Texas’ 175th birthday! Raise a Texas-sized margarita glass to the greatest state in the country. If you know me at all, you know that I LOVE being a Texan. Even when we left the state for seven years, I still retained my twangy accent, my boots and my recipe for cheese…
Read MoreDay Five! Paris & Rome
It just doesn’t seem possible that we hit Europe’s two biggest cities on the same day – what a dream. Saturday morning, we got ourselves all packed and then headed to our last Paris stop, Sacre Coeur (Sacred Heart Basilica). We arose early because we heard the church was stunning just after sunrise. Boy was…
Read MoreDay Four! Chartres & Paris
Friday morning we were excited to hop on the train (a new adventure!) and head south to the little village of Chartres. We’d heard about the amazing stained glass windows and opted to go south instead of east to Versailles. In hindsight, we couldn’t have chosen any better. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. Navigating…
Read MoreDay Three! Paris
Ah, sweet Paris. We slept in a little and finally got moving. I was so excited to get going, I plugged in my hairdryer using the ADAPTER (read: not a converter) and subsequently blew the fuse and all electricity in our hotel room. I’m pretty sure the front desk muttered something about incompetent Americans. Scott…
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